[Kurama listens all the way through, quietly. Without judgement. How could he judge? He has killed people that did him far less harm than Masayoshi Shido has done to either of his boyfriends, let alone both of them.

It aches to see the two of them like this. Wounded. Angry.]

It's not what you want that defines you. It's what you do. The choices you make. Of course it is hard to let go. He hurt you, both of you. And he hurt people you loved.

When someone hurts you so deeply and personally, takes so much from you... The desire to strike back, to see them hurt as you have or disappear forever, is not unnatural. And if you don't acknowledge it, you can't overcome it.

...true strength doesn't come of never being tested. But I trust you to do the right thing.